rotation
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test
Bartlett's test
foundations: measurement theory and statistics
Cattell's scree test
factor scales
second-order factors
quantitative data analysis
statistics and research methods
law and society research
Factor analysis is a statistical technique that seeks to reduce a large set of variables to a small number of key attributes. For example, we might find that most people who are opposed to abortion are also against women working outside the home and in favour of mild corporal punishment of errant children. [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Sociology; Factor Analysis]
latent variables
communality
factor loadings
factor analysis
methods